New family law reporting project aims to bring transparency to private court proceedings

A new three-year initiative will analyse family law cases to inform reform while maintaining strict privacy protections

A new Family Law Reporting Project is due to get underway in family courts across the country and is being modelled on the Child Law Project started in 2012 by former journalist Dr Carol Coulter. File photo

Work is underway on a new project aimed at introducing transparency to the family law arena.

Family law cases are bound by the in-camera rule, meaning such legal proceedings are held in private, mainly to protect the privacy of those involved.